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June 7, 2019
HUD Proposes Rule to Permit Homeless Shelters to Deny Access to Transgender Youth
Brian Brooks Homepage
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced on May 22 a forthcoming rule change that would allow HUD-funded shelters to deny transgender individuals housing based on their sex as determined by government documents. The rule, which is scheduled to go into effect this fall, would allow…
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May 31, 2019
Mobile Crisis Intervention: A Critical Part of CA Continuum of Care for Children and Youth with Mental Health Needs
Alexis Robles Homepage
May is Mental Health month and we recognize the struggle that many people go through daily when faced with mental illness. Approximately one in five youth ages 13 – 18 in the U.S. have a psychiatric or emotional disorder.Many of these youth are also in crisis. Suicide is the…
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May 28, 2019
Administration’s Proposed Regulation Change to ACA’s Nondiscrimination Provision Would Rollback Civil and Health Rights Progress
Elizabeth G. Taylor Homepage
Opening the door to discrimination in our health care system is no way to ensure equal access to vital health care coverage or to plan for our country’s future. We should be building on the progress we made in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in making health care available…
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May 22, 2019
Arkansas’ Work Requirement Disaster is Coming to Indiana
Joe McLean and Brian Brooks Homepage
HHS CMS Administrator Seema VermaIn 2019, for the first time, Indiana’s Medicaid program will require adults to work or volunteer each month to keep their health coverage. Under the Healthy Indiana Plan, the state will take away Medicaid coverage from people who do not report enough work hours,…
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May 9, 2019
New Federal Religious Refusals Rule Puts Beliefs of Providers Above Patient Care
Hayley Penan Homepage
HHS Sec. Alex AzarThe Trump administration recently released a long-promised rule intended to expand already generous abilities of health care providers to cite their religious or moral beliefs in denying vital care to patients, whose requests for services may offend those personal proclivities. The final rule, “Protecting Statutory…
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April 30, 2019
Fighting Back Against Trump Health Care Sabotage
Wayne Turner Homepage
*Craig Ismaili, a legal intern for the National Health Law Program, is co-author of this post. When Congress passed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, it provided a transition period for “grandfathered plans” as a transition to health plans that fully comply with the ACA’s robust protections and coverage…
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HUD Proposes Rule to Permit Homeless Shelters to Deny Access to Transgender Youth

Mobile Crisis Intervention: A Critical Part of CA Continuum of Care for Children and Youth with Mental Health Needs

Administration’s Proposed Regulation Change to ACA’s Nondiscrimination Provision Would Rollback Civil and Health Rights Progress

Arkansas’ Work Requirement Disaster is Coming to Indiana

New Federal Religious Refusals Rule Puts Beliefs of Providers Above Patient Care

Fighting Back Against Trump Health Care Sabotage